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enNo Delayed gratification Required by Rebecca Howardhttp://tulsalibrary.org/blog/no-delayed-gratification-required-rebecca-howard
<div class="field field-name-field-news-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://tulsalibrary.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blogfiles/Rebecca%20Howard%20Headshot_14.JPG?itok=UdwvWbTv" width="176" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>I spend a lot of time writing about books that I’ve recently finished. Many of these titles are newly published, which means that they likely have a long list of holds at the library. Considering that you might want to check out some titles after reading about them, I thought I’d do an overview of some of my favorite titles that are a little older and less in demand—although no less impressive or enjoyable! All annotations are from NoveList. </p>
<p>If you enjoy issues-driven, contemporary novels and while you are waiting for <a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=keyword&amp;q=love+anthony" title=" Love Anthony">Love Anthony</a> by Lisa Genova, try: </p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=senators+wife&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" The Senator's Wife">The Senator’s Wife </a>by Sue Miller<br />
Two unconventional women, neighbors in adjacent New England townhouses--Meri Fowler, pregnant, newly married, and discovering the gap between reality and expectation, and Delia Naughton, wife of a notoriously unfaithful liberal senator--confront the costs and challenges of love.</p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=testimony+anita+shreve&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Testimony">Testimony </a>by Anita Shreve<br />
A New England boarding school is rocked in the wake of a sex scandal in which participants were caught on videotape, a situation that derails the innocence and best intentions of students, parents, and others in life-shattering ways. </p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=three+junes&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Three Junes">Three Junes </a>by Julia Glass<br />
Reveals the interconnected lives, loves, and relationships of different generations of the McLeod family over the course of three crucial summers. </p>
<p>If you enjoy novels with a strong sense of place and a deliberate, character-driven pace and while you are waiting for <a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;searchOpt=catalogue&amp;q=benediction kent haruf" title=" Benediction">Benediction </a>by Kent Haruf, try: </p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=plainsong&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Plainsong">Plainsong </a>by Kent Haruf<br />
An unlikely extended family is formed when a high school teacher helps a pregnant student make a home with two elderly bachelor ranchers. *Not a prequel to Benediction, but features the same, beloved rural ranching community of Eastern Colorado. </p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=peace+like+a+river&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Peace Like a River">Peace Like a River </a>by Leif Enger<br />
The quiet 1960s Midwestern life of the Land family--father Jeremiah, and children, Reuben, Davy and Swede--is upended when Davy kills two teenage boys who have come to harm the family. On the morning of his sentencing, Davy escapes from his cell and the Lands set out in search of him. Their search is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, a love story, and a haunting meditation on the possibility of magic in the everyday world.</p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=gilead&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Gilead">Gilead </a>by Marilynne Robinson<br />
As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.</p>
<p>If you enjoy psychological suspense/mystery with complex characters and while you’re waiting on <a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=dinner+herman+koch&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" The Dinner">The Dinner </a>by Herman Koch, try: </p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=tabloid+city&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Tabloid City">Tabloid City </a>by Pete Hamill<br />
When a wealthy socialite and her secretary are found murdered in a stately West Village townhouse, a flurry of seemingly unrelated people spring into action. A reporter chases the story while a tabloid executive holds the presses, a ruined financer attempts to leave the country, a war veteran plots revenge, and a terrorist plans an attack. </p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=alys%2C+always&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Alys, Always">Alys, Always </a>by Harriet Lane<br />
Comforting a dying car crash victim before being invited to meet the woman's privileged family, Frances is transformed through her friendships with two family members from an unknown editor to a sought-after figure in literary society.</p>
<p><a href="http://tccl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&amp;search_category=keyword&amp;q=enduring+love+ian+mcewan&amp;commit=Search&amp;searchOpt=catalogue" title=" Enduring Love">Enduring Love </a>by Ian McEwan<br />
Joe and Clarissa Rose's spring idyll in the park is cut short when Joe helps rescue a child from a balloon accident, one man is killed, and Joe becomes the target of suspicion and ultimately an assassination attempt.</p>
<p>I’ve checked. All of these titles have available copies for your reading enjoyment NOW. No delayed gratification required! Enjoy. </p>
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